Tag: immigration and customs enforcement
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ACLU sues ICE over plans to expand agency’s detention capacity
The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking records on the government’s plans for expanding its detention capacity in the state. “Already, our previous requests and subsequent lawsuit have revealed how ICE may spend some of its record $45 billion budget intended for immigration detention,” said Tim Macdonald, ACLU…
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DEA raid in Colorado Springs nets five ICE arrests amid Mexican drug cartel allegations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Drug Enforcement Administration executed two search warrants Thursday morning at an apartment complex in eastern Colorado Springs that was allegedly being used to distribute drugs by Mexican cartel members, the agency said. According to Kameron Korte with the DEA, the raid on the Village East…
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10th Circuit rejects appeal of Aurora immigrant detention facility operator in class-action suit
The federal appeals court based in Denver declined last week to decide the appeal of the private company that operates an immigrant detention center in Aurora, concluding it had no ability to weigh in on the class-action lawsuit before trial. The plaintiffs are detainees who originally filed suit in 2014. They claimed GEO Group, which…
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Teller County deputies cannot carry out immigration duties contrary to state law, appeals court rules
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Wednesday that the Teller County sheriff cannot rely on an agreement with the federal government to authorize his deputies to perform immigration duties state law prohibits — specifically, the continued detention of noncitizens beyond their release from custody. In 2019, the state legislature enacted a law forbidding local law enforcement…